Authoress Note: Welcome to Chapter 1 of Between the Lines. I do apologize that it took me so long to get the next chapter all ready to go, but I promise that it is a good one and that it's something that you guys will enjoy. Without further ado Chapter 1 of Between the Lines.

Chapter 1

Van Statten

Alexys rubbed her eyes tiredly as she typed something out on the computer. It was another order for the man that she worked for. Another artifact that he wanted, but it was always an alien artifact. For a man owning the internet he had some weird ideas and fascinations. It worried her every time that he wanted something new. She knew the last item that they had actually brought in was a living thing, but she dare didn't see it. She had a weird feeling ever since the new item came to him, but she didn't dare say a word.

She had been given a home that she could call her own and he was the one that made it possible. But being there for two years, was too long for her living in Utah, USA. Plus working for a man like Van Statten… well it wasn't easy on her in the least bit. He made her wear comfortable clothing and they didn't suit her.

Adam slowly came into the room biting his lower lip hoping that he wasn't interrupting her from the work that she was doing. He cleared his throat causing Alexys to look over at him. "Did you order the latest items that Mr. Van Statten wanted?"

Alexys gave Adam a nod. "Yes, it should be here soon."

Adam smiled knowing that they would please Mr. Van Statten. "Good. That's good."

Alexys nodded her head softly knowing what Adam fully meant.

Adam looked at Alexys with a worried gaze. He knew that she was a busy woman and a hard worker. He didn't like the fact that Van Statten berated her when something went wrong. He didn't understand how she could put up with how Van Statten treated her. "Van Statten wanted to see those items and you have to come with."

Alexys let out a soft sigh rubbing her mouth softly. "Okay." She slowly got up from her seat grabbing the box that held the items that were bought by the both of them. She handed the box carefully over to him before following him out of the room.

DWDWDW

Alexys stood on the opposite side of Adam stock still as Adam showed the last item that they had gotten for Mr. Van Statten.

"And this is the last." Adam said placing it down very carefully onto the desk.

Van Statten of course was disappointed with the first nine items that they had bought which looked bad on both Adam and Alexys. They both worked very hard to keep themselves from getting their minds wiped of everything, including of who they were.

"Paid eight hundred thousand for it." Adam said softly looking at the item that was on Mr. Van Statten's desk.

"What does it do?" Van Statten asked looking at Adam like he was a new recruit even though he had been there for some time. He took it from him.

Two people came in with Goddard.

Alexys looked up and saw that it was a man and a girl. Alexys blinked a few times. She could feel that he wasn't of the planet. He had a familiar presence around him that she felt she knew. Who ever he was well, that was something that she was willing to wait for. She swallowed the lump in her throat as she stood there shifting her weight from foot to foot.

"See the tubes on the side? It must be to channel something… maybe fuel." Adam told him pointing out the tubes that were located on the side.

Alexys closed her eyes. Of course he would say something like that. Of course she never told him what it was. But then again it wasn't her place to tell him.

The man that had come in with Goddard looked at Adam like he had grown another head. "I really wouldn't do that." He said to Van Statten.

"Shut it." Goddard told him seething. She still couldn't understand of how someone had gotten through. 50 some floors under almost 60 floors underground.

The man looked at her and turned his attention back to Van Statten. "Really. That's wrong." He tried again.

"Is it dangerous?" Adam asked looking at the man like it was now a concern.

Alexys bit her lip to keep herself from laughing. Humans sometimes they really didn't know what they had in their hands some of the time.

The man shook his head. "No. It just looks silly."

Guns were pointed at him clicking their safeties.

Van Statten held up his index finger.

Alexys let out the breath that she had been holding.

The man held his hand out for the item.

Van Statten stood up slowly and handed it over to him.

The man took it from him. "You just need to be…" He ran his fingers lightly over the top of it. "Delicate." He looked up with a smile. It had been a long time since he had seen one of these. He played it a little bit more making a beautiful tune that he knew well. A tune that he never really had forgotten.

Alexys felt her breath hitch. No, it couldn't be. Not what she had played years ago. No. She shook her head at the thought. She mentally scolded herself for believing in such a thing. There is no way that it could be him. She played it to him countless times. Her heart rammed in her chest as she took a sharp breath.

"It's a musical instrument." He said in wonder looking at it in awe.

"And it's a long way from home." The man said sadly. He felt the little grooves of a name written in another language long forgotten of the name that was on it.

The woman that was with him gave a concerned look. Why did he sound so sad? She bit her lower lip softly wondering why he was sad holding the instrument.

"Here, let me." Van Statten said taking it from the man. He ran his fingers over it harshly and it didn't make a sound.

"I did say delicate." He said softly.

He continued trying and got a sound out of it, but it didn't sound as pretty as it did when the man had played it.

"It reacts to the smallest fingerprint. It needs precision." He repeated softly looking at the item in Van Statten's hand.

He tried again and got a soft tune to come out of it. Granted not as good as the man's but it was better than what it was before.

"Very good. Quite the expert." The man said with a smile.

"As are you." Van Statten said with a smile. He tossed it to the side.

The man's eyes widened when he saw the blonde haired woman react catching it in her hands.

"Who are you?" Van Statten demanded. He wanted to know who had gotten in here without being noticed.

"I'm the Doctor. Who are you?" The man said looking back at Van Statten.

Alexys's eyes went wide. No, how did he come here? Oh no no no this was not good. He didn't need to know that she was here. Not after so long of not seeing one another. She had been told that he was dead and it felt in her heart that he had died. There was no way that he was standing before her. The color slowly drained from her face as she looked at The Doctor.

"Like you don't know! Hidden away. This is the most valuable collection of extraterrestrial artefacts in the world, and you just stumbled in by mistake."

"Pretty much sums me up, yeah." The Doctor said, like it was a normal thing for him to do, in this case which it very much was. He had gone on many trips like this before and it always happened.

"How did you get in." Van Statten said moving around Adam. "53 floors down. With your little cat burglar accomplice." He looked at her. "She's rather pretty."

"She's gonna smack you if you call her 'she'!" The woman next to the Doctor said to him, narrowing her eyes at Van Statten.

Alexys shook her head. This was going to be a long night that was for sure.

"She's English! Hey, Little Lord Fauntleroy! Got you a girlfriend." Van Statten said not even looked back at Adam.

Alexys moved and patted him on the shoulder. "Ignore him." She said softly.

"I believe I wasn't talking to you Scottish." Van Statten said looking at Alexys with narrowed eyes.

Alexys stiffened. "Sorry sir." She looked down at her feet knowing that he didn't like her talking out of turn.

"This is Mr. Henry Van Statten." Adam said introducing Mr. Van Statten to The Doctor and his companion.

"And who is he when he's at home?" The woman asked looking at Adam.

"Mr. Van Statten owns the internet."

"No one OWNS the internet." The woman said shaking her head.

Van Statten nodded his head. "Let's keep the whole world thinking that way."

"So you're just an expert in everything?" The Doctor asked him. "Except anything you don't understand, you lock up."

"And you claim greater knowledge?" Van Statten questioned looking at the Doctor.

"I don't need to make claims, I know how good I am."

"And yet I captured you. Right next to the cage. What were you doing down there?"

"You tell me."

"The Cage contains my one living specimen."

"And what's that?"

"You want to see it?"

"Blimey! You can smell the testosterone." The woman said shaking her head.

"Goddard, inform the Cage we're heading down."

Goddard nodded her head.

He moved around them and headed towards the door. "You, English, look after the girl. Good and canoodle or spoon or whatever it is you do." He said looking over at Adam. "And you, Doctor With No Name, come and see my pet." He nodded his head proudly like he knew more than what the Doctor knew right at that moment.

Alexys put the instrument into her pocket of her black blazer that she wore. Then slipping it off of her shoulders revealing a blue button up blouse and white camisole underneath it.

"Hey, you Scottish."

Alexys looked up. "Yes, sir?" She asked tucking her side swiped bangs behind her ear.

"You're coming with us."

Alexys placed her blazer down and followed them out.

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Van Statten led the Doctor, Goddard, and Alexys to the cage. "We've tried everything. The creatures has… shielded itself but there's definite signs of life inside." He said entering the code to enter the cage.

The door opened behind them.

"Inside? Inside what?" The Doctor asked, looking at Van Statten.

Simmons walked up to them. "Welcome back, sir. I've had to take the power down, the Metaltron is resting."

"Metaltron?" The Doctor asked in confusion.

Alexys looked confused. What was this thing that Van Statten had? The only thing that she could think of that was covered by metal was a Dalek and those were long gone thanks to someone ending the time war.

"Thought of it myself. Good, isn't it? Although I'd much to prefer to find out its real name."

"Here, you'd better put these on." Simmons said offering the Doctor a pair of gloves. "The last guy that touched it… burst into flames."

"I won't touch it then." The Doctor said going to the door.

Goddard smirked.

"Go ahead, Doctor. Impress me."

Alexys watched the Doctor go into the cage.

Van Statten stepped away. "Don't open that door until we get a result." He said.

Alexys moved towards the monitor that showed surveillance footage from the cage. It was dark in there. She couldn't understand why the Doctor would want to go in there.

"Look I'm sorry about this. Mr. Van Statten might think he's clever, but never mind him. I've come to help. I'm the Doctor."

"Doc-tor?"

Alexys backed away in shock. She remembered that voice very well. That droning voice. Her heart pounded inside of her chest. No not that. Not a Dalek. Those creatures were supposed to be dead like the time lords, but here was the Doctor in the cage with a Dalek. She shook her head to keep those memories at bay. She didn't want those evil memories to come back and haunt her. She was already haunted enough.

"Impossible." The Doctor said in shock.

"THE Doctor?"

The lights came on.

"Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!"

The Doctor ran to the door. He pounded on it. "Let me out!"

Alexys ran to the door and tried to figure out what the buttons were to open the cage back up.

"You open that door you'll be fired Scottish."

"Exterminate!"

"Sir, it's gonna kill him." Goddard said looking over at her boss.

"It's talking." Van Statten said with a smile.

Alexys thought about it. She could just… no she couldn't. She couldn't do that. Screw it she was going to get that door open not caring if she lost her job or not.

"You are an enemy of the Daleks! You must be destroyed!"

"It's not working! Fantastic! Oh, fantastic! Powerless! Look at you. The Great Space Dustbin. How does it feel?"

"Keep back!"

"What for? What're you going to do to me? If you can't kill…. then what are you good for, Dalek? What's the point of you? You're nothing. What the hell are you here for?"

"I am waiting for orders."

"What does that mean?"

"I am a soldier. I was bred to receive orders."

"Well you're never gonna get any. Not ever."

"I demand orders!"

"They're never gonna come! Your race is dead! You all burnt, all of you. Ten million ships on fire, the entire Dalek race wiped out in one second."

"You lie."

"No he doesn't." Alexys whispered making sure that no one heard her.

"I watched it happen. I MADE it happen!"

"You destroyed us?"

"I had no choice."

"And what of the time Lords?"

"Dead. They burnt with you. The end of the last Time War. Everyone lost."

"And of the Witches?"

"Dead… "

"And the coward survived."

"Oh, and I caught you little signal… help me… poor little thing. But there's no one else coming 'cos there's no one else left."

"I am alone in the Universe."

"Yep."

"So are you. We are the same."

"We're not the same, I'm not… No wait. Maybe we are. You're right, yeah, okay. You've got a point. 'Cos I know what to do. I know what should happen. I know what you deserve. Exterminate."

Screams ripped from the Dalek. "Have pity!"

"Why should I? You never did."

Alexys closed her eyes.

"Get him out." Van Statten ordered his soldiers.

"Help me!"

The security burst into the room and grabbed the Doctor.

Alexys gripped her hands tightly into fists. Nope that wasn't going to happen. She moved quickly slamming the two soldiers heads together holding the Doctor together and put her hand on the other shocking him with red light.

The Doctor turned and looked at her with wide eyes.

Her blue eyes locked with his blue ones. She smiled a small smile. "Sorry 'bout that."

"No, you can't be." He said as the color drained from his face.

Alexys stuck her hands in her pockets. "Well… I am." She said with a small smile. "You really thought that my kind was dead. That's where you're wrong." She shook her head. "I've always hoped that a Time Lord would still be alive."

"Who are you?" He questioned softly.

"Another time." She said as her boss came back into the room.

"Who did this?" Van Statten demanded.

Alexys looked away from him.

"The lift now."

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The Doctor, Van Statten, Goddard, Alexys and the security guards that hadn't gotten hurt by Alexys stepped into the lift.

"The metal's just battle armour. The real Dalek creature's inside." The Doctor said looked at Van Statten.

"What does it look like?" Van Statten asked looking at the Doctor. He wanted to know what else this Doctor knew.

"A nightmare."

Alexys shivered. She remembered what was inside of the armour. It scared her half to death when she fought against them.

"It's a mutation. The Dalek race was genetically engineered, every single emotion was removed except hate."

Van Statten was impressed. "Genetically engineered… by whom?"

"Does it really matter sir?" Alexys asked looking at him.

"I don't think I was talking to you Scottish."

Alexys looked down at the ground.

"By a genius, Van Statten. By a man who was king of his own little world, you'd like him." The Doctor said jabbing at him.

"It's been on Earth for over fifty years, sold at a private auction moving from one collection to another. Why would it be a threat now?" Goddard asked looking at him.

Alexys shook her head. These humans had no idea what was going on. They didn't know what that thing was capable of. How much that pepperpot would want to kill the Doctor and how much it would want to kill her if it found out that she was there.

"Because I'm here. How did it get to Earth? Does anyone know?"

"Records say it came from the sky like a meteorite. It fell to Earth on the Ascension Islands, burnt in its crater for nearly three days before anybody could get near it and all that time it was screaming. It must've gone insane."

"Must've fall through time. The only survivor."

"You talked about a war?"

"The Time War. The final battle between three races. My people, the Witch Race, and the Dalek Race."

"But you survived too." Van Statten said looking at the Doctor.

"Not by choice."

"This means that the Dalek isn't the only alien on Earth, Doctor, there's you. The only one of your kind in existence."

The security grabbed the Doctor.

"Not this again." Alexys said grabbing the two guards that had grabbed the Doctor and shocked them with red light.

"What's this?" Van Statten said looking at her with wide eyes.

Alexys could care less about what she had done.

The Doctor looked at Alexys with wide eyes. "What have you done?"

Alexys felt a needle go into her neck and she felt dizzy.

The Doctor grabbed onto her. "What did you do to her?" The Doctor growled out snapping at Van Statten.

"For two years I had an alien working for me. Oh wondrous news." He said with a smile. "We're taking them to the cage."

The Doctor looked at the now passed out blonde haired woman that was in his arms. Who was she really? He couldn't wait to find out who she was, but right now they were both in trouble. He didn't know what to expect when they went to the cage, but it wouldn't end well for them that was for sure. His hearts constricted at the thought of something happening to them before he got answers from her.

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This is the end of Chapter 1. I edited it like crazy and made the chapter better than the last story. I hope any ways. I hope that you like this chapter. Please leave a review and let me know what you think. Reviews are my muse to keep me writing on. I'm thinking that I'm going to have her get with the Doctor, but I'm not fully sure yet. Let me know what you guys think of the idea. I hope to have the next chapter out soon Until next time guys.